Economic Development

Business expansions, relocations, incentives, and investment fueling economic growth across the Baton Rouge area.

Stuck in the weeds: The RDA’s original mission

(Photo by Don Kadair: Lynn Clark of Habitat for Humanity) There are more than 6,500...

Stuck in the weeds: The tax credits problem

In 2009 the RDA received $60 million in federal New Markets Tax Credits, which...

Rolfe McCollister: La. makes biggest leap in ‘Forbes’ rankings

Forbes magazine has released its new rankings for “Best States for Business,” and Louisiana...

Tom Cook: Square 46 moves forward

The proposed Mid City project known as Square 46 took a major step toward...

Stuck in the weeds: Five years and millions of dollars later, why doesn’t the EBR Redevelopment Authority have more to show for its efforts?

In a slick, glossy report published by the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority in...

Stuck in the weeds: Unrealized plans

(Photo courtesy Emory University: Frank Alexander) Before the RDA could go about redeveloping blighted neighborhoods...
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Talking Points: Erin Monroe Wesley on diversity

Erin Monroe Wesley Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Baton Rouge Area Chamber As a...

Slow trickle?

Until oil prices pick up, Tuscaloosa Marine Shale drilling may take a break. (Photo by...

Louisiana’s ‘other’ shale play

(AP Photo) If north Louisiana’s Haynesville Shale play had feelings, it probably would empathize...

After the Band-Aid

With $18 million in emergency funding, Baton Rouge General searches for a long-term remedy...
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